Making Connections Practicum

In this 1-day course, participants will review content learned in the Making Connections ONLINE course, as well as learn the 17 rhythmic movements.

The aim of RMTi Making Connections course is to investigate how movement, both before and after birth, is important for laying the foundations of neural development and organizations, and how we can use movement that replicate these innate movements to assist in developing brain maturity. 

This course is ideal for anyone interested in learning and development. You MUST have completed the Making Connections ONLINE course.

Topics Include:

• Passive, active and sitting/kneeling movements Rhythmic Movements and how to find rhythm and exactness of coordination
• The effects of Rhythmic Movements on the brain
• Procedures for Brainstem and Reticular Activating System (RAS) and thalamus to relay information efficiently to the cortex
• Procedures for the cerebellum to promote coordination
• Midbrain procedures for processing auditory and visual information
• Procedures for the basal ganglia and developing the ability to be still
• Limbic system procedures for self-regulation and episodic memory
• Prefrontal procedures for connections to areas important for focus, attention, comprehension, movements, coordination and memories

Includes full colour illustrated manual: 

• RMTi Making Connections, by Moira Dempsey, USA Edition, Copyright, 2012.

The manual for this practical and experiential course is based on the theoretical work from Movements That Heal, by Harald Blomberg, MD and Moira Dempsey (2011).

Upon course completion students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an undersanding of 17 Rhythmic Movements 
• Describe the concepts of exactness, less is more and using physiological indicators when using rhythmic movements with clients 
• Experience, notice and express ‘before and after’ changes that occur from doing 17 Rhythmic Movements and the integration protocols